I started faster today which was good. I returned well but my serve was good, which was the key. I think I'm getting used to the conditions.

I am not blonde, yes. Have I dreamt about having a model contract? No. But have I dreamed about winning Wimbledon? Absolutely.

I have no sponsors because I am not blond, tall and slim enough

It can be boring to see the same players winning every time.

I like to draw, produce paintings, do something with my fingers - but I am very normal, down-to-earth person.

I can't permit myself to do things halfway; I never was like that.

I have to use other things to help my tennis, like my brain. But I believe that, even when your muscles are not so fast, with the brain and with concentration you can compensate.

Maybe something is wrong with me but I just think I'm normal. I'm not super-skinny but I'm not super-fat. But I don't really care about what other people say.

I always beat Jankovic so who do you think I want to play?

I will have won Wimbledon this year in 2013, and I will stop with that. It was magnificent. You will certainly see me at tournaments again, but not playing.

The first time at age 5 and a half, when I took a racket in my hands and my father fed me some balls, I made 50 backhands in a row - didn't miss a single one.

Put hot triggers in the path of motivated people.

A good problem statement often includes what is known, what is unknown, and what is sought.

If I could save time in a bottle The first thing that I'd like to do Is to save every day

Writing helped me understand what I was thinking about.

When I'm trying a new form- trying to do something I'm not used to doing, which was true of the novel.

Keep reading books, but remember that a book’s only a book, and you should learn to think for yourself.

The new troops in Iraq need to be Iraqi troops.

[Tea Party goers are] just a bunch of wimpy, whiny, weasels who don't love their country.

People are slow to claim confidence in undertakings of magnitude.

Successful people have all had to do things they didn't feel like doing in order to get where they are.